Surf Families - Call To Action
On February 18, Surf was forced to send the following message to its membership in response to the Cease & Desist :
Surf Families-
Your kids are not able to train today at Surf as a direct result of the SD County Health Department sending an inspector to our fields the last 3 days. The health inspectors are responding to a story on ABC News 10 from this past weekend. Interestingly enough, ABC is the only station to run this story and it's no coincidence that their star anchor, Kimberly Hunt, is part of the neighborhood group that is opposed to youth sports activity at the Polo Fields.
Surf is on the right end of this argument. The data is mounting every day that Covid transmission on sports fields is negligible. This has been confirmed by the NFL, the National Federation of High School Sports (NFHS), the ECNL, the SEC, the Dutch Football Association, and the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Miraculously, kids in 48 states are safely playing youth sports every day.
As an organization, we have had the courage to stand up for our kids and the procedures that have kept them safe. We've even opened our facility to other youth sports organizations that have been shut out of their own facilities.
If you are as frustrated and outraged as we are, you can help. We would ask that you reach out to Leon Clark TODAY:
Leon Clark, GM of ABC News 10, 619-237-1010
We're all in this together for the health and wellness of our kids but we have to fight to keep that option.
Team Surf